The Sun. — London, England, 1810-05-21 00:00:00

r ui the C-OUN TY of GLOUCESTEK. Kink's Head Inn, Gloluestvr, NV:), • .NJAIL:. , . ARKIVET)- t Libbon, 3 Dublin, t Waterford. Dub -2 Gottenburgh, Waterton!. l'ltith OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWILLVE O'CLOCK. Consnlc X Li b SOLENT QUIS DICiRE PALSUNI AVDEAT? L 0 N - D 0 Ai, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1810. To the GENTLEMEN, CI:ERCY,and Flt rEHOLPERS. Crwri.t.Dazig, T BEG leave to return you my mcst sincere Th.olks for the Ili ',our you have this Day conferred on tie. ny‘ electing nie "Ile of your gepresentatives in the House of Coilisnotib. 1 consider It iiiy first and most indispensable Duty, iminedi,teh. to be at my Post, at this cntit.al Public Alfa irs, where I trust that my Condua will more tull) ecnivillct you than ‘%.ords cad express, that Con fi,:ence Pas not ben misplaced. A ftcr the Sesstott of Parliaincot, myintention is to pay my perOnal respects ,() you .1; I, - hay^ I ,, ilioUr to be, Gentlemen, Your most faithful friend, anciilevotect Scrvant,, • DURSLEY. 7 , ; 7T The: Princess AMELIA, we ate happy to learn, passel the crisis of her disorder on' Satutday, and t' e accounts of this morning state that she had a twiet eight, It is indeed stated, that her Royal }iigbntss is niarly. as well as she was before the re cent formicligle attack, allowing for the. weakness naturally consequent to it. Whatever maybe the final issue, we are assured that there is no imme diate danger. • From all accounts, the patience and resignation of this amiable Princess : are truly ex emplftry. • Just before this Parer was put to Press-we're ceived German Papers to the 13th inst. We hive extra .led the following specutations from them, on the_ subject of peace, but we by no means pledge ourselvel for their,accuracy. - BANKS OF THE ELBE, MAY 11.-Private letters received this afternoon from Paris give great hope 3, that 'an exchange of prisoners of war between Eng land.anl Franef. will prob:lbly lead to negociatioos. for P.ace, for which seeret overtures are reported to have been already made by the French Government to the British agents now at Par;s.• A letter from a very eminent banking house to th- chief of a great commercial house in the North of Germany, ends thus; I •p6sj:is..e!v assure yon, that otif Emperor seriously intends to make peace with England. • rmd that be is ready to.do so at the expence of considerable ',sacrifices." To judg", hn eve-, fiom the accounts we are li , urly receiving from France, and all other parts of the prostrat., Continent, it appears RUONAPARTE is. preparing for the execution of some great plan, in all probal.yility the expnlsion of the Ottomans from Eur pe. In ttlis design Austria will co-operate.— Frenf-h and Atritrian troops are anually approaching the Turkish frontiers from the .side of Hungary, Croatia, and D Atrial ia. On the other hand, it is said the Toulon fleet is to facilitate the operations in tended to - be made for the conquest of Sicily, which it appears is dei s ermined upon, unles his Sicilian Ma jesty puts himself tinder the protvelion_ of France,. and seizes the earliest opportunity of any French force appearing to declare himself against the Eng lish, and shut his ports against their . sriips. When these ptojeds are realized iii the East and South, all the disposable force of France is to finish the entire ilubjugation of Spain, while the combined Dutch and French fleets from the North,aidecl by the flotilla from Boulogne,and having a large number of troops on - board - a - e to make, a diversion in another quar ter. The month of August is said to be the period when all these achievnients are to be completed. PARIS, MAY 3.—The reports which have been circulated relative to proppsitions for Peace seem to gain credit.—(4l•eille do Nord, May i I .) EXTRACT OF A LETTEf► FROM PARIS, OF MAY 2. The very active exchange of Couriers between this city and V.e1.211a gives reason to -believe that some affair of the greatest importance is in agitation, Austria and France are equally interested in putting an end to the: anarchy which reigns on the frontiers of Turkey. The Turks have provoked the 'reach by their invasion of that part of Croatia which . wag.ceded to thern", and by the di sor d ers w hi c h t h e y hav , committed In these cantons. It is said that the , two Impel CourtS have dem an d e d o f the' orte to punts to English ships. They taik of a great expedition, at the head of which will be the King of Naples. '.' --{Safe Paper.) • B u;;.ocAux, APRIL. 20. -7-His Highness the rriNce of .Es'ing, -Duke of Bivolj, Marshal MAS- StNA,- passed yeste; day through our town,' to as• aline the command of from 9 to 10,000 men, which arc 4estirtett to war.h against P fugal. , . Yestetda,y Portvz:esc Papers to 6th inst. ai riv, I.ley ( (infirm the accounts brought during 1. cou s of last weelF, b . ) private letters, of the Lich ct t the British army to t, e frontiers of Portocal. A vcry general expelation seeing to pre v.:a that a ba(tle will very shortly be. (might, We still, however, etitertair strong doubts upon the subjea, for we cannot believe that the French will risque an anion unless they possess such a superi ority . of numbers as would render an attack on, our part extremely dangerous. We, however, feel the most unlimited confidence in the skill, as well as in the gallantry of Lord WELLINGTON, and we are convinced, that if he should be able to engage the. French upon any , thing 'like equal terms, he will add another to the brilliant list of viCtorin which he has obtained. According to the last accounts, his Lordship's head-quarters were at Almeida. The British troops under his command amounted to about 30,000 Men they are abundantly supplied with provisions, and we are happy to add, uncommonly healthy. Some Spanish Pap.ets have also been received, but they contain very little news. The inhabitants of Asturias continue to display the greatest enthusiasm against the Fiench. A force of no less than 50,166 Men has been embodied in that Province, thegreatest part of whom are regularly armed. We have received French Papers to the 10th inst. extraels from which will be found in a subsequent Column. The intelligence they bring is of very lit tle int e rest. The ships Elphinsione and Alfred, outward-bound, arrived at Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, the 18th March last, under convoy of his Majesty's ship curacoa, and sailed from thence the 24th of that month. The Woodford parted company from'the above ships in a heavy gale, the 6th March, with three Whalers, and. they were supposed to have passed.on the Southward, as a large ship was seen on the 20th, in the offing, but which, from the state of the weather, could not be ascertained by communication. Mr. BRAND'S motion for a Reform in Parliament stands for discussion this day' in the House of Com mons. It is understooci that he does not mean to propose any specific plan of Reform, but to more for a Committee to consider of the present state of the representation. Last morning, PriIICRSCS AUGUSTA cant' SOPIIIA, accompanied by Lady CoLunt, the - Hon. Mrs. Doam ER, Generals GWYNNE and FITZROY, Cqlonel Dasßaow, and Major Place, r o de t o St. G f. ' orge ' s Chapel, and - beard a sermon preached bilhe Rev. 1)r. HALLAM. 'Thy afterwards returned. to the Palace • 'The Prince of WALES and 'Duke of CAMBRIDGE rLrn:3~D With beir 144.1AJE5T1134. The Duke of CLAItENCg left on Friday night. . A, counts have been received by an American ves. sel from Canton, that two 13riti.•h men of war lately fell in with and captured, or destroyed, a small squa- . dron fr.im Batavia,• on the coast of Borneo, where they are said to have committed great excesses, in consequence of the quarrel with the Rajah of Saoloo. The"reduction of the Danish Island of Bornholm in the Baltic, it is understood was the first - object pf the fleet under Sir J. SAurl A REZ, and from the state of its defences, it is supposed by thi; time to have fallen ank.asy conquest. . - BOIYAPARTE'S GALLANTRY..—Ii is mentioned in severai of the German P.:pers, that the arrears. of contribution iinposed on the House of . Austria, amounting to 25 millions of florins, has been re mitted, and the .Nett Zeitung contains the following account of it :—" Before the Empress LoulsA entered the French frontiers, the Emperor sent a plain gold snuff-box. Surprised at this present, so different frOm the earlier ones she received, which were always more brilliant and taluable, she opened it, and round - an Imperial receipt in full for the 26 millions of arrears of Austrian contribution money, with a letter in his own hand-writing. The-Empre s s accepted the present with tears of gratitude, and for warded it by a Courier to Vienna, with the follow ing note : "ON TOE FRONTIERS Or FRANCE. " All ruling Providence also blesses the Emperormy t her and his faithful people. My tears fall on this paper— but they are the pledges of my love and fidelity,. • " Louxsz." Tlee Gazelle of Saturday n i g ht, contain s an Order in Council fig pertaining the importation of provi sions into Newfoundland, from "America, by li censes, which shall not be issued after the 30th of September next, but which are to be in force for nine months, from the period at which they may be granted. A dreadful gale of wind from the South-East came on at Oischock, in Siberia, at the latter end of Ja nuary, and •which lasted for twq days. The watet of the. ()chow, which; after passing through that' city, emptiei itself into the sea,.was elevated twOve feet above its ordinary level, and carried over the tops of the houses situated in'the neighbourhoOd of its banks. The tempest coming on at night, be tween two and, three hundred of the inhabitants pe rished in their sleep. A transport belonging to tt.e Itidia Company, which the tenip,st laid carried into the river in 1808, was raised by !he waves, and for Ced into the middle of the town. It is a curious fact, that the remains of Lord COL'. LINGWOOD are. deposited in the very . stone coffin which CareCnal WOLSEY had prepared tor himself. It had remained, as lumber, in a room adjoining St. George's Chapel,. Windsor ; an,l, for its last purpose was given as a present by his MAJESTY. In Norfolk, Suffolk, and along the Eastern Coast, a considerable quantity of rain has lately fallen, al though the inland counties' have so long had cause to coirplain of 4he want of it. Vegetation in most parts is unus6ally.backward, and the severe frosts in the early part of the week has niiterially injured the fruit trees. The Sessions for the City will be held on Tuesday, for the triai of uutuelous petty offenders. NAVAL NEWS PLYMOUTH, MAY 1 B.—The Fiend) schooner, of 14 guns, that arrived here yesterday, is the Dorade, from Isle de Bas, with a complement of 43' men; out only one day, and bad not made any capture. -Arrived the - eh:66oer Lion, 'iif Halifiix; . DREW master, from Malta, with a cargo of oil and fustic, bound to this port, fcr orders ; sailed from Malta the 4th March; and Gibiaitar the . 28th April, in company with a fleet, consisting of go sail , under convoy of his Majesty's sh►p Terrible, of 74 guns— parted company on the WO inst. Part of the fleet, consisting of about 40 sail, passed by this port to the Eastward yesterday. The Lion spoke a .few days since his Majesty's ship Virginia, Capt. BRACE. Arrived the French schooner La Bonne Rencontre, laden with fish, and a French Chasse Margie, laden with.wheat, both from the Isle de Bas, priies to his Nlojesty's frigate Indd'atigable; also arrived the Com merce, of Cardigan, JENKINS master, from Youg hall, with a cargo .of wheat, for this port; the Union, of Plymouth, HAM master, from Guernsey, with a cargo for this port ; Thomas and John, CORNER, from Sunderland, Ant, VINNING, from Bridgewater; Heart of Qak, JONES, 'and Eleanor, -ANDREW, from Newport. 'Went up the Harbour his Majesty's ship Tromp. MAY lg.—Arrived his Majesty's frigates iris, Capt. SUORTLAND, El/in/inn, Captain COCHRANE, and :Rota, Captain SOMERVILLE, from Cadiz, with a fiert .cif transports and merclidntmen. Mr. FRERE, I;It Ambassador, arrived in the Iris. Also arrived the ship transports 47 ne , SCP,MAND.,, Fame, MILLBANK, CaNicoll Castle, JARDINE, and Three Sisters,•Jvisa, from Cadiz,. with 508 French prisoners; several have died on the passage; the transport brig, No. 44, with French 12risoners, that sailed in company, is not y:.et arrived.. Also arrived the Atnerican ship Alpha, Sowt,e, from Cadiz, to gether with several others, names,unknown, which have sailed again this morning to the Eastward. Also arrived the polacre brig; Druid, HitalLYzi, Arethusa,—, Hannah, M‘DosALD, Spanish brig Junta, SELME, Iris, BAisEMAN, Belle, BZT'rs, ECQ, nomy, HARE, and several others, names unknown the sever► latter vessels sailed from Gibraltar is com pany with the fleet, under convoy of his Majesty' s ' ship Terrible—parto company some days since. A number of ships have passed by this port to the Eastward last evening; and this morning his Ma jely's ship Undaunted also passed up Channel yes terday front Cadiz. His Majesty's ship Bola spoke a few days since . - his Majesty's lhipd T riumple and Revenge, of 74 gun s each, both of which are gone up Channel. , His Majesty's brig Cheerly, - in getting under weigh last evening, drifted ashore on the rocks at Drake's island, where she remained during the night, but was got otf this morning withoin much damage. _ _ _ , Hi; Majesty's ship Ethalion has brought over several Otticers from 'Cadiz. Arrived the Piercer gun-brig from the Eastward ; the Mariner gun-brig from the Westward ; the James, SPENCE, from Tenerifie, 'with a cargo fur London ; and the Fancy, REDfitUEN, for, Guernsey, with a cargo for this part. Sailed his Majesty's ship Pheasant, with the ships Clio and under convey for Quebec ; also sailed the Recruit bag, to the Westward; the Eine_ raid frigate, Captain IVIAtTLAND, for the Irish station. Went into Harbour his Majesty's ships Serapis, Cadmus, and Amelia. • • Arrived his Majesty's ship Favourite from a cruize. SHEERNESS, MAY t 6.—Ar,riv cci his Majesty's brig IVlagnet. Sailed his Majesty's ship.iirdent to Yarmouth. DEAL, MAY 1 8.--Sailed the Audacious, Aboukir , &Ilona, Bellerophon, Difence,. and, illariboro'u,gh, ships of the line, on a cruize off Flushing. Arrived the Cherokee from a cruize. PORTIMOUTH, MAY 20.—Came in yesterday a great many ships from the Eastward, supposed to be from some part of the Mediterranean, as several of them are put under quarantine, but under what convoy is not yet ascertained. Arrired h s MEjesty's _ship Endymion, from Ma deira ; Rodney, 01 74 guns, and his Majesty's ship Transit from the Eastward. • His Majesty's ship Spire is appointed convoy to Newfoundland. • Sailed his Alajesty's ship Monarch for the Downs, anll his Majesty's ships Dapper and Sprightly for a cruize ; and , the /t/hiat, WHITE,. for London, last . from Gibraltar. I Arrived the General Wellesley Indiamzn from the Downs for Bengal; Providelice, IIoARE ; and Wil liam and . Mary, GILPIN, from Liverpool .; Margaret , 111?ilARTER, from Drogheda (last/min Cork), hay ing put into that port by stress of weather, and to repair the damiges she sustained on her vorgt, ~'~ -- which were very considerable, haring been undty 'the necessity of ail tiug away her masts, &C._ Ar rived. also the ilgenoria, from Lisbon ; Olive Branch, from London for Barbadoes ; Lo:d Eldon, ALitx- ANDER ; Celerity, CooK, _from Malta ; Hero of the ; Santuleria, VILARD ; Halcyon, 'IL'S' SAY ; Aile, Jame, St. Nichols), NlcoLo from Gibraltar ; Eleonora Van .Riga,, LORENZO and Susannah, ATLAS, from the Downs, the for mer for Liverpool. Came in the Diligent store-ship from the Downs, for lialifax ; and his Majesty's ships Undaunted and Cyanne, the former from Cadiz and the latter fmul the Mediterranean. His Majesty's ship Hardy has detained and sent into this Port, the- §wedish ship Sophia ,Ulrica, SWEN, master, laden with salt from St. Übes, bound to Stockholm. ISLANDS OF SCILLY, MAY I2.—Arrived tho - Mary, of London, BARKER, master, from Mogadore, laden with skins, almonds, fice. bound to London under quarantine. Also a Trinity yacht, with several of the Brethren belonging to the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strand. The brig Beater, WILSON, with timber (or Pen' zance; the brig St ar , of YaralQath, ARTIS, master, from Liverpool to Yarmouth, with salt ; the brig Sarah, of Yarmouth, to London with salt; the brig Robert and Mary, of Teignmouth; RICHARDS, frons Liverpool to Exeter, with drapery goods and gro ceries; the brig Mariner; BANKs, trom Liverpool, Penzance, With salt and empty casks. - • FALMOUTH { MAY 18.—Saiied his Majesty's shi? PAeaprit for Quebec.; Lord Haar: packet for Cadiz ; Chestolield packet for Halifax and New York. Arrived the Firm gun-brig from a cruizo. Passed by the American ship Ossian, Capt. RoX ,- LINS, from Norfolk. Yesierday, off the Lizard, spoke his Majesty's ship Argo, in company with the sail of Indiamen and Whalers from St. liclens, gl well. The following letter from Plymouth, contains. some further particulars respe&ing the gallant attack made by the boats of the Armide, Cadmus, Monkey, and Daring, Oh a French convoy, which .we Anew.. tioned some slays ago:— Early on the morning of the 4th ins,tant, -the boats of the Armick, Cadmus, Monkey, and Dari), , g, led on by Mr. S. Roberts, First Lieutenaist of the. Art. • snide, 'made a gallant attack on 'a French bylivork consisting of near thin - 4' vessels, at anci;or under La Fo•se de l'Oye, (Isle de Jibe) defended by batteries •on shore, two armed luggers, and Several armed pin naces,—Although the enemy were Well prepared to receive them, our brave fellows boarded and toot' possession of seventeen vessels with little resistance ;- but the wind, which vas northerly at the corn' • tnencement of the attack, having unfortunatelY veered round to, the E. S. E. and blowieg fresh into, 'the roadstead, with a flood tide, render e d a bortiO every attempt to bring them out, notwithstanding the greatest exertions, amidst a heavy fire from IK armed vessels, the batteries, and musquetry on the beach. At the approach of day-light, the enemy were enabled to dire& their fire on cur boats with innt& precision ; and the armed vessels -seeing our corn' parative small force, advanced to attack it.—There being! no possibility of bringing off the prizes, it , was found necz.ssary to destroy them ; accordingiY i o ten brigs, sloops, an d ga lli ets, were set fire to, en " destroyed before the, boats retreated. Considering the boldness of the attack, and .Abe difficulties accident threw in the way, in a very, critical roadstead, where the boats grounded seve ral times, both, going in and coming out, our lose in Ibis affair, w as small in point - of number ; but . the country have to regret the loss of a gallant Luld. promising youn g Offi cer , Li eut. P . S. Townley, 01• the Armide, a Gentleman of the most - amiable and. unaffeeted manners;—he tell (after having boarded and carried an armed logger) by a pistol-ball froth a French Officer commanding an armed pineacel, which boarded the lugger. a .few minutes after, aided by the remains ot the lugger's crew, and sap' ported by another pinnace coming up. When the . French Officer came on board th e l ugger , Lieuk Townley collared him, and desired him to SUP 'render, which he refused, and pulling a pistel front_ his: side, discharged the contents through Lieut" T.'s neck, whi c h bei ng o b serve d b y the corporal 01' Marines belonging to the Armide's boat, he in stantly plunged 'his bayonet thrtingh the French'. man, and pinned his body to the deck, where it w O5 , literally cut to pieces by our exasperated crew ; a " a severe struggle ensued between them and the enemy, in taking the body of Lieut. Townley int° • the launch, which they effected, after killing eigh t Frenchmen. Besides Lieut. T. six men belonging to the Armide were severely wounded—two of them mortally, and are since dead. P. S. Three more of the wounded men are sinc e dead. The following are the names of the brave fellows who base fallen in this gallant affair, Trewman, and John Dempster, seamen Bliggs, W. Helliard, and J.. Williams, marines. This gallant enterprise deserves great praise, hair-. ing been conducted with the greatest coolness and bravery, and would most undoubtedly have been at- „. tended with complete success, but tin- the sudden change of wind at that critical period. On Thursday a Court Martial was held at Ports.. mouth, on Mr. JAMES ANDuasox,•Master of his Majesty's ship Grasshopper, for diunkenness and neglect of duty, at vai ion 4 times.—He was dismisst d his ship, and rendered incapable of ever serving as. an Officer again ; but to serve in such a situ:llion as the Comtnan&r-in-Chief shall direct.—Captain LEE, Wesident. FE N at of at ..i i] l a T,~ B~ 3't th 21 ' 4Di